I am not a Subaru owner any more ...

[AlFire]

Hello all,

I recently got rid of my second Subaru. After 10 years of owning Subies:
'93 Legacy L, '02 Impreza 2.5 TS and '02 Outback, putting well over 300
miles on them (with my wife) I have to report I am done with them for at
least a while.

I had an opportunity to get '00 MB E320T 4Matic in very good condition,
low millage at good price I could not to not pass on. It is different
car, but MPG wise - on 89 octane fuel , 25 highway range and average
speed 55MPH I got 29.5 MPG - I figure I could never archive on neither
on my Subies.

Anyways I will enjoy MB and Subaru will have to come up with something
real convincing.


Best regards, Andy

 

[AS]

Congrats on your new car. What kind of research did you do on the MB?

 

[Frank]

Hello all,

I recently got rid of my second Subaru. After 10 years of owning Subies:
'93 Legacy L, '02 Impreza 2.5 TS and '02 Outback, putting well over 300
miles on them (with my wife) I have to report I am done with them for at
least a while.

I had an opportunity to get '00 MB E320T 4Matic in very good condition,
low millage at good price I could not to not pass on. It is different
car, but MPG wise - on 89 octane fuel , 25 highway range and average
speed 55MPH I got 29.5 MPG - I figure I could never archive on neither
on my Subies.

Anyways  I will enjoy MB and Subaru will have to come up with something
real convincing.

Best regards, Andy

I recently checked mileages on my '03 and wifes '08 Foresters and got
20-30 mph on highway. Locally we get 20-23 mpg. One son has an '08
AWD Mercedes requiring premium gas and gets 5 mpg less than us. For
price of Mercedes he could have got 2 Foresters.

Frank

 

[bigjimpack]

I got 29 MPG on 1600 mile road trip last year in my 04 outback.

 

[AlFire]

I got 29 MPG on 1600 mile road trip last year in my 04 outback.

The best figure I got on '02 Outback MT was around 25MPG while back when
it was quite new.


Andy

 

[AlFire]

Congrats on your new car. What kind of research did you do on the MB?

No - I have not done too much, besides I always liked them and wanted
one to try out .

 

[AlFire]

I recently checked mileages on my '03 and wifes '08 Foresters and got
20-30 mph on highway. Locally we get 20-23 mpg. One son has an '08
AWD Mercedes requiring premium gas and gets 5 mpg less than us. For
price of Mercedes he could have got 2 Foresters.

I got one for a little less then 10G, with 3/4 millage of my 120k miles
rearended Outback. And the insurance paid cash. So it is like half of a
Forester .

 

[bigjimpack]

K&n Filter , synthetic oil. Car was fully loaded With ~80k miles .
Automatic . cruise was set for 70mph most of the way.

 

[Yousuf Khan]

K&n Filter , synthetic oil. Car was fully loaded With ~80k miles .
Automatic . cruise was set for 70mph most of the way.

That's pretty much the secret to getting good gas mileage -- set the
cruise. However, getting 29mpg @ 70mph is pretty impressive. I figured
you needed to be down around 60mph to get that kind of mileage.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Dan]

Hello all,

I recently got rid of my second Subaru. After 10 years of owning Subies:
'93 Legacy L, '02 Impreza 2.5 TS and '02 Outback, putting well over 300
miles on them (with my wife) I have to report I am done with them for at
least a while.

I had an opportunity to get '00 MB E320T 4Matic in very good condition,
low millage at good price I could not to not pass on. It is different
car, but MPG wise - on 89 octane fuel , 25 highway range and average
speed 55MPH I got 29.5 MPG - I figure I could never archive on neither
on my Subies.

Anyways  I will enjoy MB and Subaru will have to come up with something
real convincing.

Best regards, Andy

I have a 94 Legacy with 203k miles on it and I typically get 25mpg in
town and 31mpg on highway. Seems ok to me. Dan

 

[justin reigle]

That's pretty much the secret to getting good gas mileage -- set the
cruise. However, getting 29mpg @ 70mph is pretty impressive. I figured
you needed to be down around 60mph to get that kind of mileage.

Yousuf Khan

For what it's worth I routinely get 29-31mpg in my 2005 Impreza RS2.5
wagon on long freeway drives with the cruise set to around 73. The car
is usually loaded enough that I can feel it pretty well when
accelerating from a stop and the figures don't seem to change if I
have the A/C on.

For my daily commute grind, it's more like 24mpg.

 

[Duh_OZ]

Hello all,

I recently got rid of my second Subaru. After 10 years of owning Subies:
'93 Legacy L, '02 Impreza 2.5 TS and '02 Outback, putting well over 300
miles on them (with my wife) I have to report I am done with them for at
least a while.

I had an opportunity to get '00 MB E320T 4Matic in very good condition,
low millage at good price I could not to not pass on. It is different
car, but MPG wise - on 89 octane fuel , 25 highway range and average
speed 55MPH I got 29.5 MPG - I figure I could never archive on neither
on my Subies.

Anyways I will enjoy MB and Subaru will have to come up with something
real convincing.

Best regards, Andy

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97 Legacy here.
Just drove around 320 miles round trip this weekend. 29 MPG on the
way up, but 27.5 on the way back. I took a different route on the way
back and bypassed a few smaller towns and less construction so my
overall speed increased. Averaged about 60 MPH for the trip. No AC
was running so that saved a mile or two in the overall MPG?

 

[Carl 1 Lucky Texan]

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97 Legacy here.
Just drove around 320 miles round trip this weekend. 29 MPG on the
way up, but 27.5 on the way back. I took a different route on the way
back and bypassed a few smaller towns and less construction so my
overall speed increased. Averaged about 60 MPH for the trip. No AC
was running so that saved a mile or two in the overall MPG?

Recently took the wife's 03 H6 OBW from texas to nevada and back. got
tanks ranging from 25.5 to 28 . 2 adults and some luggage/camping gear.
A/C on and often with the cruise on 75 for dozens of miles at a time.

not too bad

Carl

 

[R22B]

Hello all,

I recently got rid of my second Subaru. After 10 years of owning Subies:
'93 Legacy L, '02 Impreza 2.5 TS and '02 Outback, putting well over 300
miles on them (with my wife) I have to report I am done with them for at
least a while.

I had an opportunity to get '00 MB E320T 4Matic in very good condition,
low millage at good price I could not to not pass on. It is different
car, but MPG wise - on 89 octane fuel , 25 highway range and average
speed 55MPH I got 29.5 MPG - I figure I could never archive on neither
on my Subies.

Anyways  I will enjoy MB and Subaru will have to come up with something
real convincing.

Best regards, Andy

You should check out the new Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS GT. I think its
ugly, but that could have been right up your ally .

I could never sell my little blue subie!

FYI, the most mileage I've ever got on my 99 2.5 RS is 25mpgs... but I
drive my car really hard.

 

[R22B]

Hello all,

I recently got rid of my second Subaru. After 10 years of owning Subies:
'93 Legacy L, '02 Impreza 2.5 TS and '02 Outback, putting well over 300
miles on them (with my wife) I have to report I am done with them for at
least a while.

I had an opportunity to get '00 MB E320T 4Matic in very good condition,
low millage at good price I could not to not pass on. It is different
car, but MPG wise - on 89 octane fuel , 25 highway range and average
speed 55MPH I got 29.5 MPG - I figure I could never archive on neither
on my Subies.

Anyways  I will enjoy MB and Subaru will have to come up with something
real convincing.

Best regards, Andy

You should check out the new Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS GT. I think its
ugly, but that could have been right up your ally .

I could never sell my little blue subie!

FYI, the most mileage I've ever got on my 99 2.5 RS is 25mpgs... but I
drive my car really hard.

 

[AlFire]

You should check out the new Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS GT. I think its
ugly, but that could have been right up your ally .

I could never sell my little blue subie!

FYI, the most mileage I've ever got on my 99 2.5 RS is 25mpgs... but I
drive my car really hard.

Subarus still appeal to me - maybe in a few years. In fact I like new
Imprezas. And I would probably be interested in the Outback provided it
is a little bit bigger and looking more robust like the gen2.


Andy

 

[Ingo Menger]

Subarus still appeal to me - maybe in a few years. In fact I like new
Imprezas. And I would probably be interested in the Outback provided it
is a little bit bigger and looking more robust like the gen2.

I for my part prefer a car that is robust before one that only looks
like it was.
Regarding size: this year it was the first holiday with our new
Outback and I was surprised how much baggage fits in. I had a BMW 5
touring before, and the car is definitely "bigger" (or should I say
"fatter"?) than the Outback, but I felt I had more space this year.
(I am speaking for 2 adults and a dog. Of course, the situation is
different when you have children, etc.)